Laboratory for Social Science Research
   

 

 

RESEARCH

Funded Projects:

Currently Funded Projects

2003 - 2004, Case-study: Details of Cessation of Operations of a Mobile Home Park, Funded by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, Jim Rivers, Principal Investigator.

2003 - 2004, Feasibility of Implementing Programs of Incentives: Analysis/Review of Research Findings and Earlier Work, Workshop, and Planning for Statewide Survey, Funded by the Florida Department of Community Affairs, Division of Emergency Management, Jim Rivers, Principal Investigator, with Walt Peacock.

2003 - 2004, State-wide and Focused Surveys to Assess Effectiveness of RCMP: Florida Coastal Monitoring Program. Hugh Gladwin, IPOR, Principal Investigator, Jim Rivers, Co-Investigator.

2003 - 2006, Targeted Capacity Expansion Grant for Jail Diversion Program, U.S. Center for Mental Health Services/Florida Department of Children and Families/Miami-Dade Public Health Trust, Jim Rivers and Stefanie Klein, Co-Principal Investigators.

2002 - 2004, Dependency Court Intervention Program for Family Violence, US Department of Justice/Admin. Office of the Courts, 11th Judicial Circuit, Jim Rivers, Principal Investigator with Stefanie Klein.

2002 - 2003, Diversion from Jail to Community Mental Health Services, Health Foundation of South Florida/Florida Department of Children and Families, Jim Rivers, Principal Investigator, with Stefanie Klein.

2001 - 2004, Hurricane Andrew 10 Years Later: Implications for Disaster Mitigation. Fund by the National Science Foundation. Betty Hearn Morrow, Principal Investigator (initial), Hugh Gladwin, Principal Investigator (current), with Walter Peacock, Co-Principal Investigator (initial).

Products:

Project Final Reports

Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida: July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004
Closing of an Urban Mobile Home Park: A Case Study (Volume 2, Please Refer to Pages 18-103)

Workshop to Review, Update and Extend Prior Mitigation Incentives Research and Planning Efforts (Volume 3, Please Refer to Pages 157-226)

RCMP Evaluation Project: Focused Survey of the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program (Volume 3, Please Refer to Pages 145-156)

Hemispheric Congress on Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development
The Miami Declaration on Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development
A Strategic Plan of Action

Professional Presentations

Publications by LSSR Principals

Books

The Gendered Terrain of Disaster: Through Women's Eyes
Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender and the Sociology of Disasters

Journal Articles

Manuals

Working With Women at Risk: Practical Guidelines for Assessing Local Disaster Risk
Working With Women at Risk: Practical Guidelines for Assessing Local Disaster Risk (Spanish language version)



 

 
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